func (r *Decoder) Sync(mWant SyncMarker) {
	if !r.common.sync {
		return
	}

	pos, _ := r.Data.Seek(0, io.SeekCurrent)
	mHave := SyncMarker(r.rawUvarint())
	writerPCs := make([]int, r.rawUvarint())
	for i := range writerPCs {
		writerPCs[i] = int(r.rawUvarint())
	}

	if mHave == mWant {
		return
	}

	// There's some tension here between printing:
	//

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}

// Encode reads from the reader, erasure-encodes the data and writes to the writers.
func (e *Erasure) Encode(ctx context.Context, src io.Reader, writers []io.Writer, buf []byte, quorum int) (total int64, err error) {
	writer := &multiWriter{
		writers:     writers,
		writeQuorum: quorum,
		errs:        make([]error, len(writers)),
	}

	for {
		var blocks [][]byte

// provided writers, similar to the Unix tee(1) command.
//
// Each write is written to each listed writer, one at a time.
// If a listed writer returns an error, that overall write operation
// stops and returns the error; it does not continue down the list.
func MultiWriter(writers ...Writer) Writer {
	allWriters := make([]Writer, 0, len(writers))
	for _, w := range writers {

		closeBitrotWriters(writers)
		if err != nil && !test.shouldFail {
			t.Errorf("Test %d: should pass but failed with: %v", i, err)
		}
		if err == nil && test.shouldFail {
			t.Errorf("Test %d: should fail but it passed", i)
		}
		for i, w := range writers {
			if w == nil {
				disks[i] = OfflineDisk
			}
		}

		writers := make([]io.Writer, len(disks))
		for i, disk := range disks {
			writers[i] = newBitrotWriter(disk, "", "testbucket", "object", erasure.ShardFileSize(test.data), writeAlgorithm, erasure.ShardSize())
		}
		n, err := erasure.Encode(context.Background(), bytes.NewReader(data), writers, buffer, erasure.dataBlocks+1)
		closeBitrotWriters(writers)
		if err != nil {

	wg.Wait()
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(reads, wantReads) {
		t.Errorf("reads: %#v, wantReads: %#v", reads, wantReads)
	}
}

// TestMultipleWriters starts multiple writers and one reader goroutine and
// makes sure that the reader gets all the data written by all writers.
func TestMultipleWriters(t *testing.T) {
	ub := NewUnbounded[int]()
	reads := []int{}

	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(1)
	go func() {
		defer wg.Done()

		writers := make([]io.Writer, len(disks))
		for i, disk := range disks {
			writers[i] = newBitrotWriter(disk, "", "testbucket", "testobject", erasure.ShardFileSize(test.size), test.algorithm, erasure.ShardSize())
		}
		_, err = erasure.Encode(context.Background(), bytes.NewReader(data), writers, buffer, erasure.dataBlocks+1)
		closeBitrotWriters(writers)
		if err != nil {

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	}

	return bytesWritten, derr
}

// Heal reads from readers, reconstruct shards and writes the data to the writers.
func (e Erasure) Heal(ctx context.Context, writers []io.Writer, readers []io.ReaderAt, totalLength int64, prefer []bool) (derr error) {
	if len(writers) != e.parityBlocks+e.dataBlocks {
		return errInvalidArgument
	}

	reader := newParallelReader(readers, e, 0, totalLength)